Along Came Freddie

Fred and I got back in the dressage ring last Friday after five months out. Yes. Five. And remember… I ride a feral ginger. I could say - hey first one back we went straight in at elementary and won! Qualifying for Trailblazers too - go us! And do the whole social post where I hide the scores with my rosette and omit that I was the only one in my section. It's true but that's not quite how it all went down. We “warmed up” in an ice-cold downpour. Now, since we've been spoilt

Just two days left to go in 2025. What a fantastically successful year for Freddie and I.... We've come so far - qualifying for 3 championships in both dressage and show jumping. We've learnt to jump quickly and turn fast, move like dressage divas And perhaps amongst all my proudest moments this year, have been those where: We got the double win to qualify for arena uk - both team and individual We were 2nd out of 20 riders (beaten only by a ludicrously fast nimble pony lol),

15 June 2025 Freddie was a little superstar at the weekend. I haven't done dressage since March (remember the stoned beach donkey?) so I...

23 June and we headed to Leyland Court for the trailblazer second round qualifiers for the finals. It was a new venue for us. I like it...

9 March This isn't an actual photo of the BD Quest competition on 9 March. It's one of Brian's from another competition I've done at...